At least 28 people are believed to be dead and more than a dozen others remain unaccounted for as multiple wildfires rage across Southern California.

Following arrests of alleged firefighter impersonators, officials say two more people have been taken into custody for using fake passes to unlawfully enter a fire evacuation zone.

The degree of mismanagement is epic. It’s incompetence married with poisonous ideology, said Villanueva, who was sheriff between 2018 and 2022.

As of Monday, authorities had confirmed at least 27 fatalities because of the wildfires ravaging Southern California, with the sheriff’s office warning of more likely to come.

Dozens of people are believed to have died in the Palisades and Eaton fires, which have burned down whole swaths of communities

The investigation is critical for not only understanding what happened, but for ensuring it never happens again, said an attorney for 300 Altadena residents.

After dozens of people were arrested​ in Los Angeles County wildfire zones, District Attorney Nathan Hochman has called for making looting during a local emergency a felony crime punishable by time in prison rather than county jail.

Palisades Fire initially started 10:30 a.m. Jan. 7 in Los Angeles County. It has burned 21,595.8 acres after being active for four days. A crew of 3,712 firefighters has been working on site and they managed to contain 8% of the fire by Saturday 1 a.m. The blaze's cause remains under investigation.